Analysis of Neighborhood
Kids playing outside
Trying to tag the other is what they want to get
No one wants to be inside
Outrunning others with pride
Being chased, but don’t fret
Kids playing outside
Escaping, running to hide
Shirt drenched with sweat
No one wants to be inside
Running, dodging, escaping with a slide
They might get dirty, but they have to avoid the threat
Kids playing outside
There are the ones who lied
“I haven’t been tagged yet!”
No one wants to be inside
The liars who want to play again are denied
To teach them a lesson, make them feel regret
Kids playing outside
No one wants to be inside
Kids playing outside
Trying to tag the other is what they want to get
No one wants to be inside
Outrunning others with pride
Being chased, but don’t fret
Kids playing outside
Escaping, running to hide
Shirt drenched with sweat
No one wants to be inside
Running, dodging, escaping with a slide
They might get dirty, but they have to avoid the threat
Kids playing outside
There are the ones who lied
“I haven’t been tagged yet!”
No one wants to be inside
The liars who want to play again are denied
To teach them a lesson, make them feel regret
Kids playing outside
No one wants to be inside
Kids playing outside
Trying to tag the other is what they want to get
No one wants to be inside
Outrunning others with pride
Being chased, but don’t fret
Kids playing outside
Escaping, running to hide
Shirt drenched with sweat
No one wants to be inside
Running, dodging, escaping with a slide
They might get dirty, but they have to avoid the threat
Kids playing outside
There are the ones who lied
“I haven’t been tagged yet!”
No one wants to be inside
The liars who want to play again are denied
To teach them a lesson, make them feel regret
Kids playing outside
No one wants to be inside
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011 1011010111111 1111101 0101011 101111 11011 0101011 1111 1111101 1010010101 1111011110101 11011 110111 11111 1111101 010111101101 11101011101 11011 1111101 11011 1011010111111 1111101 0101011 101111 11011 0101011 1111 1111101 1010010101 1111011110101 11011 110111 11111 1111101 010111101101 11101011101 11011 1111101 11011 1011010111111 1111101 0101011 101111 11011 0101011 1111 1111101 1010010101 1111011110101 11011 110111 11111 1111101 010111101101 11101011101 11011 1111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,810 |
Words | 350 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 18 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4 |
Lines Amount | 57 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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